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Balancing obligations: should written information about life-sustaining treatment be neutral?

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Parents who are facing decisions about life-sustaining treatment for their seriously ill or dying child are supported by their child's doctors and nurses. They also frequently seek other information sources to help them deal with the medical and ethical questions that arise. This might include written or web-based information. As part of a project involving the development of such a resource to support parents facing difficult decisions, some ethical questions emerged. Should this information...

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10.1136/medethics-2013-101965

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University of Adelaide
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University of Oxford
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HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
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Oxford Centre for Neuroethics
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Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Wilkinson, D
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086041/Z/08/Z
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BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
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Journal of Medical Ethics Journal website
Volume:
41
Issue:
3
Pages:
234-239
Publication date:
2015-01-01
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1473-4257
ISSN:
0306-6800
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English
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ora:10747
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2015-03-27

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